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STEVE: WELL, ON THIS VETERANS
DAY, LET’S GO BACK OUT TO KANSAS
CITY.
IT’S ALL PART OF THE LEGACY
JUMP, AND ABBY HORNACEK IS
THERE.
ABBY, HERE THEY COME.
ABBY: YES.
YOU GUYS, THEY ARE STARTING TO
LAND.
THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
THEY JUST MADE THE FINAL
90-DEGREE TURN ON THEIR BASE
LEG, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, 77
MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS.
THEY ARE FLOATING DOWN WITH THE
1-2 MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS ON THEIR
BASE LEG.
SO AFTER THEY MAKE TWO 90-DEGREE
TURNS, THEY ARE LANDING RIGHT
HERE ON THE SOUTH LAWN.
IT’S BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO FAR, AND
I MUST SAY I AM INCREDIBLY
IMPRESSED WITH SOME OF THESE
VETERANS BECAUSE IT’S NOT EASY
LANDING, IT’S NOT EASY ON YOUR
KNEES, IT’S NOT EASY WHEN YOU
STAND UP, THAT GEAR IS PRETTY
HEAVY.
WHAT THEY’RE DOING IS ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE, AND IT SPEAKS TO
THEIR SERVICE TOO BECAUSE
THEY’VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT,
ESPECIALLY THESE WORLD WAR II
VETERANS.
JOHNNY JOEY JONES IS COMING
DOWN, WE’RE NOT SURE WHICH ONE
IS HIM.
I THINK A FEW OF THEM HAVE THIS
JUMP SUIT, SO WE’RE REALLY
TRYING TO PAY ATTENTION TO HIM.
ONCE HE DOES LAND, OF COURSE,
WE’RE GOING TO SNAG HIM.
BUT RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS
GOING VERY SUCCESSFULLY, AND
WE’RE REALLY HONORING THE
VETERANS WHO HAVE SACRIFICED SO
MUCH FOR US AND ALLOW US TO
REALLY CELEBRATE THE FREEDOMS
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, YOU GUYS.
BRIAN: ABBY, WHAT’S THE WEATHER
LIKE?
STEVE: HERE WE GO, LOOKS LIKE
JOEY.
ABBY: IT’S FREEZING!
STEVE: THAT’S JOEY RIGHT THERE.
ABBY: WAS THAT JOHNNY JOEY
JONES?
IT IS VERY COLD, TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION.
AND THAT’S THE OTHER THING, YOUR
HANDS ARE COLD, YOUR LEGS ARE
COLD, AND THEY’RE REALLY DOING A
GREAT JOB.
THAT IS JOEY, SO WE’LL GO GET
HIM.
STEVE: THAT’S ACTUALLY WHERE
THEY’RE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE
LANDING, SO YOU PROBABLY
SHOULDN’T TAKE THE CAMERA CREW
OUT THERE.
[LAUGHTER]
ABBY: YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY ACTUALLY HIRED -- THEY
ACTUALLY HIRED ME TO CATCH THEM
ALL.
[LAUGHTER]
I’M RUNNING OUT THERE TO CATCH
THEM, YEAH.
STEVE: ALL RIGHT.
SO WE’VE GOT 20 VETS TODAY AGE
22-92 MAKING TANDEM JUMPS.
EACH OF THEM IS --
ABBY: THAT’S RIGHT.
STEVE: -- STRAPPED TO A PRO
SKYDIVER, RIGHT?
ABBY: THAT’S RIGHT.
AND WE TALKED TO ONE EARLIER WHO
ACTUALLY JUMPED WITH GEORGE H.W.
BUSH.
SO HE WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO
BE WITH JOHNNY JOEY JONES.
THINGS CHANGED, BUT HE STILL IS
UP THERE, HE STILL IS JUMPING,
AND I SHOULD MENTION THIS --
THEY JUMPED OUT OF A TWIN-ROW TO
HAVE PLANE, THEY WERE ORIGINALLY
GOING TO JUMP OUT OF A MILITARY
PLANE FROM WORLD WAR II AND THEN
A DIFFERENT ONE FROM THE VIETNAM
WAR BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE
OF COVID, THAT WASN’T ABLE TO
HAPPEN.
WE ARE GOING TO WALK TO JOEY,
BUT OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU CAN STILL HEAR ME.
STEVE: WE CAN SEE YOU.
GO AHEAD.
ABBY: -- NOBODY LANDS ON TOP OF
ME.
HE’S JUST HANG OUT.
I THINK JOEY’S TAKING A BREAK.
DOESN’T JOEY KNOW HE HAS TO
WORK, YOU GUYS?
[LAUGHTER]
STEVE: JUST RUN OVER THERE.
YOU’VE GOT A WIRELESS
MICROPHONE.
ABBY: ALL RIGHT.
WE’RE JUST GOING TO GO.
I’M GETTING THE NO, BUT I’M
GOING TO GO ANYWAY.
I’M GOING TO GO ANYWAY.
HOPEFULLY, YOU CAN HEAR ME.
IF YOU GUYS LOSE ME AT ANY TIME,
WE’RE GOING TO TO GO GET JOEY --
STEVE STEVE YOU’VE GOT 30
SECONDS.
ABBY: ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I’M GOING TO RUN INTO
A JOG.
THIS IS WHY I WAS AN ATHLETE IN
COLLEGE, GUYS.
HEY, JOEY, ARE YOU JUST GOING TO
STAY HERE FOREVER OR WHAT?
>> OH, MAN.
I’M STILL SOAKING IT IN.
ABBY: HOW WAS IT UP THERE?
>> THAT WAS JUST AMAZING.
I MEAN, ZERO GRAVITY --
ABBY: I’M GOING TO TAKE A SEAT
NEXT TO YOU.
>> YEAH, HAVE A SEAT.
WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE PLANE, MY
LEGS WERE KIND OF TURNED AROUND
BACKWARDS, SO MY FEET WERE
POINTED THE WRONG WAY.
ABBY: OH, NO.
>> DID IT ON PURPOSE TO GET OUT
OF THE PLANE.
AND SO, YEAH, LIKE, WHEN THE
WIND FIRST TOOK AHOLD OF US, WE
TOOK A ROLL.
AND I’M LIKE, WELL, I’M KIND OF
FACING UP TOWARDS THE SUN, THIS
WAS THE MOST AMAZING THING EVER.
AND THEN WHEN WE FINAL LU GOT
TURNED AROUND WHERE WE NEEDED TO
BE, SHE TOOK OVER AND JUST MADE
IT SO EASY.
ABBY: WAS HE A GOOD, GOOD PERSON
TO TANDEM WITH OR DIFFICULT?
>> HE WAS EXCELLENT.
HE’S DONE THIS BEFORE, IT’S LIKE
HE NEVER STOPPED.
[LAUGHTER]
ABBY: WHAT WAS IT LIKE THERE UP
IN THE PLANE WITH THESE
GENERATIONS OF VETERANS WHO ARE
DATING BACK TO WORLD WORLD WAR I
>> YOU KNOW, I HAD A KOREAN WAR
VETERAN RIGHT BESIDE ME, AND THE
SMILE NEVER LEFT HIS FACE.
HE WAS SMILING BEFORE HE GOT ON
THE PLANE, SMILING ON THE PLANE,
AND YOU COULD SEE THE LOOK ON
HIS FACE, HE WASN’T WORRIED
ABOUT ANYTHING.
HE WAS JUST READY TO GO.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A LITTLE
TROUBLE BECAUSE IT’S LIKE
FITTING AN ELEPHANT INTO A SHE
BOX --
[LAUGHTER]
AND HE WAS JUST ALONG FOR THE
RUDE.
AND, MY EN, THE -- I MEAN, THE
SMILE ON HIS FACE TOOK THE WORRY
OUT OF MINE.
ABBY: I LOVE THAT.
AND FOUR BRANCHES OF MILITARY,
CORRECT?
WAS THERE ANY SMACK TALK?
>> I THINK WE WERE ALL KIND OF
ON THE SAME TEAM FOR THAT ONE.
WE’LL DO THE SMACK TALK ON THE
GROUND, BE FRIENDS UP IN THE
AIR.
ABBY: FANTASTIC X. HOW LONG HAVE
YOU BEEN DOING THIS?
>> I’VE BEEN JUMPING FOR 10
YEARS.
DURING MY CAREER I’VE BEEN
PRETTY MUCH JUMPING OUT OF
AIRPLANES.
ABBY: AND HOW DOES TODAY RANK
AMONGST THOSE TIMES THAT YOU’VE
JUMPED OUT OF THESE AIRPLANES?
>> WELL, TO BE VETERANS DAY AT
THE WORLD WAR II, THE NATIONAL
WORLD WAR I MONUMENT AND I MOO
SEEM AND TO BE WITH GENERATIONS
OF VETERANS DATE BACK TO WORLD
WAR II, THIS TOPS THE CAKE.
THIS IS THE BEST JUMP --
>> SHE’S ONE OF THE BEST IN THE
WORLD, RIGHT?
WORLD CLASS HERE.
SHE MADE IT SO EASY AND TALKED
ME THROUGH IT.
I’LL TELL YOU, OR I DON’T KNOW
IF YOU CAN PAY FOR AN EXPERIENCE
WITH SOMEONE LIKE HER, BUT IF
YOU CAN, WRITE THE CHECK --
ABBY: I WANT TO HOP UP THERE
NEXT WERE YOU SAYING SOMETHING,
GUYS?
IF.
STEVE: I WAS.
INTRODUCE US TO THE PERSON THAT
JOEY WAS STRAPPED ON TO FOR THAT
TANDEM JUMP AS ANOTHER ONE, CAN
YOU SEE?
SOMEBODY ELSE IN A RED, WHITE
AND BLUE PARACHUTE’S HEADING
YOUR.
ABBY: OH, YES.
WE DO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE, AND YOU
JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND SURE
SERVICE AS WELL?
>> JENNY ESPY E NOSE SAW, I’M IN
THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
ABBY: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
SERVICE.
EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING
HERE IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
WHAT IS THIS GREEN SMOKE COMING
OUT OVER HERE?
>> TO SHOW THE JUMPERS WHERE
THEWINDS ARE AT ON THE GROUND.
ABBY: EVERYTHING RUN SMOOTHLY,
BECAUSE I’M LOOKING AT YOU GUYS
EXPERTLY LAND OVER HERE.
>> ABOUT AS SMOOTH AS IT WAS
GOING TO GET.
WE ALL WORKED AS A TEAM.
IT WASN’T DIFFERENT BRANCHES, WE
WERE ALL VETERANS THERE, AND WE
MADE IT WORK TOGETHER.
BRIAN: ABBY, QUICK QUESTION --
>> MY LEGS ARE DUCT TAPED TO MY
JUMP SUIT, SO IF THEY COME OFF
ME, THEY DON’T LEAVE ME.
THAT TAPE WORKS, I GUESS.
BRIAN: ABBY, CAN YOU ASK JOHNNY
JOEY JONES IF THIS IS THE FIRST
JUMP SINCE HIS ACCIDENT IN IRAQ?
ABBY: IS IN YOUR FIRST JUMP
SINCE YOUR ACCIDENT IN IRAQ?
BRIAN KILMEADE WANTS TO KNOW.
>> YEAH, I USED TO JUMP SOLO.
IT WAS A LOT DIFFERENT WHEN
YOU’RE NOT IN CHARGE OF WHAT
YOU’RE DOING.
KNOWING HER EXPERIENCE, IT KIND
OF MADE IT EASY.
I ACTUALLY GOT TO BE ALONG FOR
THE RIDE, AND I DIDN’T HAVE TO
WORK TOO MUCH.
SHE MADE ME WORK A LITTLE BIT.
ABBY: WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE, JOHNNY JOEY JONES,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND
ALL THE VETERANS OUT THERE,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, THIS
DAY IS FOR YOU.
GUYS?
STEVE: ALL RIGHT.
THERE THEY ARE ON THE GROUNDS OF
THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR I MUSEUM
AND ME E MORAL IN KANSAS CITY.
IF YOU’RE IN THE AREA TODAY,
ADMISSION IS FREE FOR VETS AND
ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL
THROUGH SUNDAY, AND GENERAL
ADMISSION, BRIAN, FOR THE PUBLIC
IS HALF PRICE TODAY.